Respiratory Specialist Physiotherapist

The post with be overseen by our Band 7 Bronchiectasis Specialist Physiotherapist, who will provide clinical supervision & CPD time. The post is excluded from on-call responsibilities & services function Monday to Friday in core hours of 08:00 to 17:00 (flexible whilst meeting service needs/specification)., The Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist role is a highly specialised role, designed to provide expert assessment, review, advice, education & medicines optimisation to patients with specific respiratory diseases & home oxygen therapy. You will be required to practice in a self-directed manner, with confidence and authority. You will exercise a freedom to act in the absence of & alongside the consultant teams, to direct and guide patient care and treatment, with the support of the Service Leads. Maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of staff, ensuring effective communication about complex issues and/or indifficult situations with appropriate professionalism, diplomacy, and sensitivity. You will improve organisational agility and resilience, by delivering comprehensive care across organisational and professional boundaries, between the divisions, directorates, and clinical areas. The post holder will provide supervision,teaching, and support to junior medical, nursing, allied health professionals, and physiotherapy students throughout the trust. Where directed by the Bronchiectasis Service Lead, deputise with aspects of their responsibilities in their absence where appropriate & competent. The post holder will be required to undertake Specialist Physiotherapy clinics, undertake assessment & review of Home Oxygen, & support delivery of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation assessments & classes.

We are keen to recruit a highly motivated individual who is looking to develop themselves in a specialist area, whilst forming part of our growing therapist workforce, within our Bronchiectasis, Home Oxygen & the Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Alongside the Band 7 Bronchiectasis Specialist Physiotherapist, you will help support them with service developments.

Working for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will provide you with lots of opportunity to develop your skills and further your career. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and North Lancashire.

• Developing new roles and ways of working to ensure a flexible and innovative approach to staff.
• Real equality of opportunity.
• Continual development and learning for staff.
• Achieving a work life balance.
We are committed to the effective recruitment, retention and development for our employees, which is why we offer a great working environment, an attractive range of benefits and excellent opportunities for training and development. The Trust is accredited as a disability Confident employer. That means we recognise our obligations to ensure people with disabilities are afforded equal opportunity to enter employment and progress if and where possible.